The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) issued a report today on efforts to protect the constitutional right of U.S. military chaplains to pray according to their faith. 160,000 people from across the United States have signed on to a national petition urging President Bush to enact an Executive Order protecting the constitutional rights of military chaplains to pray according to their faith.  The petition campaign is in conjunction with efforts underway in Congress – spearheaded by Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina – urging President Bush to act.   ACLJ states that “Military chaplains play a vital role in providing comfort and spiritual support for our men and women who serve this country protecting our freedoms.  It is troubling to learn that efforts are underway inside the military to censor chaplains and to prevent them from praying according to their faith.  The fact is that chaplains have a constitutional right to adhere to the religious expressions of their faith and exercise them freely without censorship.  For Christian chaplains to refrain from praying in the name of Jesus, as some have suggested, represents a serious disservice not only to the chaplains but to the many Christian service men and women who turn to their chaplains for comfort, inspiration, and support.”   In addition to working with members of Congress and conducting a national petition campaign in support of military prayer, ACLJ also provided the Air Force with a legal analysis of proposed guidelines, which would restrict how Air Force chaplains can pray.  In its analysis, it concluded that Air Force chaplains – and all military chaplains – have a constitutional right to pray according to their faith.  They recommended that the Air Force abide by legal precedent, which supports the constitutionality of faith-specific prayer for military chaplains.   In an October 25th letter, Rep. Jones requested that President Bush, as Commander and Chief, “protect by Executive Order the constitutional right of military chaplains to pray according to their faith.”  Nearly 75 members of Congress have signed on to the letter sent to President Bush.

"The persecution to all those who follow and defend My Son in truth, in the light, the persecution will be great. The masters of deceit, they are gathering like vultures to send into motion a conspiracy of evil that has been brought about because mankind has given himself to all manner of evil.
     "The time given by your prophets of old, the time of times is here. You will all, My children, wear your sacramentals in the battle, the days ahead. What was to happen in the future shall be now. Your world will be baptized by fire. Many will die in the great flame of the Ball of Redemption.” – Our Lady of the Roses, May 26, 1976